Franziska Cooiman

Dr. Franziska Cooiman is a postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin's Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, specializing in platform economies, financial intermediation, industrial policy, and socio-ecological transformation within the European context. She bridges economic sociology, political economy, and science & technology studies in her interdisciplinary work.

• Education: PhD in Sociology (Roskilde University, 2023)
• Affiliations:
  • Current: Chair of Sociology of Work, Economy and Technological Change (HU Berlin)
  • Previous: Research Associate at WZB Berlin (2019-2023), Roskilde University (2019-2022), Visiting Researcher at The New School (2022)

Her research explores how valuation practices shape the green transformation of platform economies, focusing on power dynamics in venture capital networks and their implications for EU industrial policy. She investigates contradictions between speculative financial logic and sustainability imperatives through empirical studies of tech startups and policy frameworks.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Karl Polanyi Prize (German Sociological Association, Economic Sociology Section)
• Egon Matzner Award for Socio-Economics
• EliteForsk PhD Prize (Danish Ministry of Research)

Active in research networks: DFG Young Researchers Network for Emancipatory Technology Research, Platform Economies Research Network, and Finanzwende. Currently on parental leave until August 2025.